🏈 NFL Week 1 viewership roundup, most-watched CFB Week 2 games, and more!
Plus, a look at self-reported viewership from media outlets including for HBO series Task, metrics for The Paper from SambaTV, and more!
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Quick Broadcasting/Streaming Stats (from last week)
According to HBO, the series premiere of Task starring Mark Ruffalo has drawn 3.1M viewers in its first three days on cable and HBO Max.
Awful Announcing reported that ‘Wake Up Barstool’ has poor viewership in its first week, averaging 16.5K viewers per day on FS1.
The MTV Video Music Awards earned a six-year viewership high with 5.5M viewers on CBS and Paramount+.
SBJ’s Adam Stern reported that the Cookout Southern 500 at Darlington earned 1.88M viewers on the USA Network. The Pacific Office Automation 147 Xfinity race earned 733K viewers on the CW. And the South Carolina Education Lottery 200 Craftsman Truck series race earned 262K viewers on FS1.
ESPN PR showcases that the Italian Grand Prix - Formula 1 race averaged 1.2M viewers on ESPN.
ESPN PR denotes that last week’s College Gameday was the second most-watched in regular season history, averaging 2.6M viewers.
ESPN PR announces that the Texas Longhorns vs. Stanford Cardinals volleyball game earned 319K viewers on ESPN, the fourth most-watched regular season NCAA volleyball game.
Top 5 most-watched NCAA CFB Week 2 games, full report available from Manny :
Michigan Wolverines vs. Oklahoma Sooners - 9.7M viewers on ESPN
Ole Miss Rebels vs. Kentucky Wildcats - 4.8M viewers on ESPN
Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Iowa State Cyclones - 4.278M viewers on FOX
San Jose State Spartans vs. Texas Longhorns - 3.7M viewers on ESPN
Delaware Blue Hens vs. Colorado Buffaloes - 2.685M viewers on FOX
NFL Week 1 viewership roundup:
The NFL Kickoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys averaged 28.3M viewers on NBC & Peacock.
YouTube’s NFL Week 1 game drew an estimated 17.3M global viewers, with 16.2M viewers here in the U.S.
17.05M viewers for the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. New York Jets game in the early window, and 23.891M viewers in the late window between the Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers on CBS.
FOX averaged 17.9M viewers for the New York Giants vs. Washington Commanders game.
Sunday Night Football between the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens averaged 24.7M viewers for NBC & Peacock.
22.1M viewers for Monday Night Football between the Chicago Bears and Minnesota Vikings on ESPN.
Also check out our Weekly Wrestling Viewership Thread; WWE Raw earned 2.4M viewers on Netflix, and more!
Latest Nielsen Top Ten data (August 11th - August 17th)
Latest Luminate Top Ten data (September 5th - September 11th) via Variety
Latest SambaTV Top Ten data (September 1st - September 7th) & ‘The Paper’ metrics
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